Waldheim election highlights global divide in views on past roles
Guest column argues Waldheim's wartime service and alleged involvement in atrocities raise moral questions about his Austrian presidency bid and UN leadership. It notes broader world opinions favor a more forgiving de Nazification norm for officials and contrasts U.S. and Israeli positions with European and Third World perspectives.
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Ausina
Kurt Waldheim
Balkans
Yitzhak Modai
Waldheim
United Nations
Austria
Third World
Communist Bloc
U.S
Hitler
Bitburg
United States
Israel
CIA lands Mexico’s push toward fairness
Washington columnist notes Sen. Jesse Helms hearings on Mexican corruption, CIA assessment of President Miguel de la Madrid’s anti corruption campaign, and public opinion views. Mentions U.S. policy, Earth Shattering Memo, and broader regional implications. Also covers Stealth bomber support by Rep. Les Aspin, Imelda Marcos 1966 US visit notes, Coast Guard beards ban under Adm. Paul Yost, and related era shifts.
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Washington
Jesse Helms
BANLC
Mexico
Senate
Dale van Atta
CIA
U.S
Miguel de la Madrid
Lopez Portillo
de la Madrid
United States
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Helms Foreign Relations
Helms
Mexico City
Baby Doc Duvaler
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Chile
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House
Aspin
Armed Services Committee
Imelda Marcos
State Department
New York City
Sardi’s
Copacabana
Coast Guard
Adm
Paul Yost
Navy
Sonia Maher Departs Frederick County Tourism Council Leader
Viewpoint Tourism crowns Sonia Maher as a transformative executive who built Frederick County's tourism image and Canadian outreach. Jealousy and rivalries within TCFC and CMTA surged as Emmitsburg center flourished, amid salary critiques and calls for public accountability from local officials.
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Souie
Tourism Council of
Frederick County
TCEC
Canada
United States
Frederick
Ontario
Sonia Maher
Amtact Tcfc
TCFC
Mather
CMTA
County Commission
Emmitsburg
Letters to the editor on blood drives and thanks in Woodsboro
James A Grove argues Washington Hospital Center blood drives in Frederick County favor the hospital’s fees and urges support for Frederick County Red Cross Blood Services. Also thanks from Woodsboro dignitaries for Bicentennial activities and festival coverage by The News-Post. note upcoming AYcee Goten event at Howard County Fairgrounds and public appreciation from Maryland Sheep Breeders Association.
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Frederick County Red Cross Blood Services
Washington Hospital
Frederick County
Red Cross Blood Services
Washington Hospital Center
Red Cross
James A. Grove
Americas Legion
Woodsboro
Maryland
News-Post
Becky Brashear
Darlene Wiles Burall
Kathryn Jenkins
Roy Meacham
Aycee Goten
Howard County Fairgrounds
West Friendship
Ashua Teeling 290 banquet honors Girls High alumni
Fourteen classes represented at the ashua Teeling 290 banquet of the Girls High School Alumni Association at Ebert House Braddock Heights. Notables included Mary Cott elected president Catherine Thomas vice president and others on the staff of the central branch of the New York Library. Graduates listed from Liberty High School follow. Maryland's new uniform pistol gun control law becomes effective with county officials voting in favor amid dealer opposition. The Frederick Chamber of Commerce reports a sewer and water extension barrier to businesses beyond city limits is broken with pledged cooperation.
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Ashua
Teeling
Maryland
Frederick County
Sheldon L. Shearer
Maryland Gun Exchange Inc
Frederick
W. Jerome Offutt
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Offutt
Parents Voice Concern Over Teen Drug Use In Schools
A parent from Anaheim stresses outrage at student drug use on campuses. A PRIDE survey notes weekends are peak for teen drug use from grade six through twelve, with school time showing least usage. The article urges productive in‑school programs to reduce the problem communitywide.
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PRIDE
Ronald Adams
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Gordon Wilson
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival Committee
Florence B. Hall
Maryland Sheep Breeders’ Assoc
Ems
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Glive Hitchcock
Katherine O'Brien
Madge Hodder
New York Library
Liberty High School
Wilfred Koontz
John David Spurrier
Dorothy Stoner
Glen Lackey
Ruth Savier
Catherine Biddinger
Louise Sappington
Naomi Dudderar
Eileen Riordan
Erving Joy
Margaret Bohn
Pauline Biddinger
Esther Royston
Dorothy Spurrier
Lucille Etzier
Katherine Walker
Stewart Cashour
Bernard Smith
Madge Bury
Thomas Whipp
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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D. Copley News Service
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